(Yicai Global) Dec. 31 – China’s stock markets held to their upward trend and opened higher. The shares of brokerages soared over 5.5 percent overall and none had decreased as of 10.00 a.m.

The Shanghai Composite Index opened 0.15 percent lower at 3,419.73. The Shenzhen Component Index started at 14,226.28, up 0.17 percent, and the ChiNext Price Index, which tracks growth enterprises listed in Shenzhen, rose 0.37 percent to 2,911.39.

Editor: Ben Armour